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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






2. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






3. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






4. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






5. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






6. Academic Language Therapy Association






7. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






8. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






9. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






10. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






11. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






12. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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13. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






14. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






15. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






16. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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17. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






18. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






19. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






20. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






21. Ability to understand and express spoken language






22. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






23. Feeling through fingertips






24. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






25. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






26. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






27. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






28. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






29. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






30. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






31. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






32. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






33. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






34. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






35. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






36. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






37. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






38. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






39. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






40. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






41. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






42. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






43. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






44. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






45. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






46. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






47. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






48. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






49. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






50. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.